The British High Commission, in partnership with a civil society organisation, is calling on the Nigerian government to allocate funds for peacebuilding rather than depend on foreign aid.
The government was also told not to forget young girls that have been in Boko Haram captivity for years.
The calls were made in Jalingo, the Taraba State capital at the training of community leaders and other key persons on the values of peaceful ethnic and religious coexistence among people in volatile parts of the state, irrespective of religious or ethnic affiliations.
The workshop is at the instance of the British High Commission and to achieve its purpose, an indigenous peace foundation is implementing the advocacy-tagged project, “Zaman Lafiya.”
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Civil actors at the event also called on the Nigerian authorities to see to the release of young girls, who are still in the captivity of Boko Haram in the Northeast, as part of its peace-building efforts.
They sought the beaming of the light on Leah Sharibu, who was taken hostage alongside 110 other girls from her school in Dapchi, Yobe State.
Though the other girls have been released, Leah has remained a captive for seven years now.
The Peace Foundation calls on the Tinubu-led government to see to the release of Leah and other young girls under the captivity of Boko Haram, as their families still long to reunite with them.
(Editor: Okechukwu Eze)
